Thosands of vendors and company representatives head to the Oregon Convention Center this week for Supercoming '09, the city's largest annual convention.

Microbiologists, climatologists, astrophysicists, hedge fund traders, aerospace engineers and many, many others will be in Portland [this week] to check out the latest advances in top-notch computing. Organizers expect upwards of 10,000 attendees, all told, who have booked up nearly all hotel rooms near downtown for the city’s largest convention of the year.

“You’ve really got, in the Portland area the next week and a half, some of the top scientists from around the world, and they love this technology,” said Wilf Pinfold, an Intel researcher in Hillsboro who is chairing the conference.

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BY KATRINA WALKER

Generations of students and graduates have been plagued by the question: What is my true calling in life? Four alumni from Corban University’s Hoff School of Business who graduated in different decades say the school helped them find the answer by giving them a practical, well-rounded education.

It’s happening whether anyone’s ready or not. Businesses here in Oregon and across the U.S. are already experiencing the effects of the largest generational shift in recent history, and these changing tides will impact every level of the workplace — from a company’s executive leadership to its cultural core.

The Oregon Chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services, will be hosting it’s Annual Dinner and Keynote event on March 12, 2015. The evening promises to be memorable, with this years Keynote, Christine McKinley.